PoE Vulnerability Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

Vulnerability is a powerful curse in Path of Exile that significantly increases the physical damage taken by enemies and enhances the likelihood of inflicting bleeding. This guide will outline the optimal setup for a Vulnerability-focused build in Patch 3.25, detailing skill configuration, passive tree priorities, gear recommendations, and combat tactics.

Key Features of Vulnerability

Vulnerability (Level 20):

  • Type: Spell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Physical, Hex
  • Mana Cost: 33 Mana
  • Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  • Quality: +20%
  • Requirements: Level 70, 98 Strength, 68 Intelligence
  • Skill Mechanics:
    • Curse Effect: Curses all targets in an area, causing them to take increased physical damage.
    • Bleeding Chance: Attacks against cursed enemies have a chance to inflict bleeding.
    • Increased Damage: Cursed enemies take 30% increased physical damage.
    • Bleeding Aggravation: Attack hits against cursed enemies have a 10% chance to aggravate bleeding.
    • Bleeding Infliction: Attack hits against cursed enemies have a 25% chance to inflict bleeding.
    • Duration: Base duration is 11.80 seconds.
    • Radius: +1 metre to radius.

PoE Vulnerability Build 3.25

Building Around Vulnerability

1. Weapon Choice:

  • High Physical Damage Weapons: Select weapons with high base physical damage to maximize the effectiveness of your attacks and the Vulnerability curse.

2. Passive Skill Tree:

  • Physical Damage and Bleeding Nodes: Focus on increasing physical damage and bleeding chance/damage to maximize the benefits from Vulnerability.
  • Curse Effect and Duration: Invest in nodes that enhance curse effect and duration to make Vulnerability more potent.
  • Life and Resistances: Ensure sufficient investment in life and resistances to maintain survivability in tougher encounters.

Ascendancy Choices

Gladiator (Duelist):

  • Blood in the Eyes: Provides bleeding chance and increases damage against bleeding enemies.
  • Gratuitous Violence: Causes bleeding enemies to explode on death, dealing a portion of their maximum life as physical damage.
  • Outmatch and Outlast: Grants bonuses while dual wielding and increases physical damage.
  • Arena Challenger: Provides Challenger Charges, increasing attack speed and movement speed.

Support Gems

1. Main Skill Setup:

  • Vulnerability: Primary curse skill.
  • Support Gems: Enhance Vulnerability with Increased Area of Effect, Enhance, and Blasphemy (if using as an aura).

2. Attack Skills:

  • Lacerate: A powerful bleed-inflicting skill that pairs well with Vulnerability.
  • Support Gems: Chance to Bleed, Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, Multistrike, and Ruthless.

3. Utility Skills:

  • Leap Slam: For mobility and positioning.
  • Enduring Cry: To generate endurance charges and enhance survivability.
  • Auras: Pride and Flesh and Stone to increase physical damage and provide defensive benefits.

Armor and Accessories

1. Armor:

  • Body Armor: Focus on armor with high life, resistances, and increased physical damage. Belly of the Beast or a high-life rare chest piece are excellent choices.
  • Helmet, Gloves, and Boots: Prioritize life, resistances, and added physical damage or attack speed.

2. Accessories:

  • Amulet and Rings: Look for items that increase physical damage, life, and resistances. Mods that boost attack speed or critical strike chance are also beneficial.
  • Belt: A Stygian Vise with life, resistances, and increased physical damage is ideal.

Flask Setup

1. Life Flask:

  • Instant Recovery: For emergency healing.

2. Utility Flasks:

  • Granite Flask: For increased armor.
  • Basalt Flask: For physical damage reduction.
  • Quicksilver Flask: For increased movement speed.
  • Silver Flask: For Onslaught, increasing attack speed and movement speed.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

  • Use Leap Slam to quickly position yourself near enemies. Cast Vulnerability to curse enemies, then follow up with your primary attack skill to maximize damage output.

2. Utilizing Endurance Charges:

  • Leverage endurance charges to enhance your defensive capabilities. Use Enduring Cry to maintain a steady supply of endurance charges.

3. Managing Buffs and Debuffs:

  • Maintain high uptime on your auras and use flasks to enhance your damage, resistances, and survivability during combat.

Example Build

Gladiator Vulnerability Build:

  • Focus: Increased physical damage, bleeding chance, and enhanced curse effect.
  • Key Passives: Blood in the Eyes, Gratuitous Violence, Outmatch and Outlast, Arena Challenger.
  • Support Gems: Enhance Vulnerability with Increased Area of Effect, Enhance, and Blasphemy. Use Lacerate with Chance to Bleed, Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, Multistrike, and Ruthless.

Conclusion

The Vulnerability build for Path of Exile 3.25 offers a powerful and strategic playstyle for players who enjoy dealing massive physical damage and inflicting bleeding on enemies. By focusing on maximizing physical damage, bleeding chance, and curse effect, players can effectively clear packs of enemies and tackle bosses with ease. Proper gear selection, passive skill tree planning, and strategic use of ascendancy passives will ensure that you unleash the full potential of this devastating curse. Equip your weapon, prepare your flasks, and dominate your foes with the relentless power of Vulnerability to conquer the battlefield.

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